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Plant Pisum sativum (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Pea
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
INDOLYL-3-ACETALDEHYDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL 8 Seed not available 1500.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
IODINE 12 Seed not available 0.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 21.0 206.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Plant not available 400.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed 14.0 90.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 1610.0 15925.0 3.69 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 1950.0 9224.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
ISOXAZOLIN-5-ONE-2-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JASMONIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Tissue Culture not available 500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-COUMAROYL-TRIGLUCOSIDE) 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-FERULOYL-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 420.0 4154.0 0.75 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 810.0 3832.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
L-(+)-2-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-(+)-ACETYLHOMOSERINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-(+)-HOMOSERINE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-(-)-HOMOSERINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiMorning-Sickness 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antimorphinistic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
AntiMSG-Sensitivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimutagenic 13 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimutilation 1 Martindale's 28th
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyelotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimyoatrophic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimyocarditic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimyoclonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antineoplastic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 3 Martindale's 28th